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This is a re-posted blog piece written for Gender Politics at Edinburgh blog; the original post can be found here. It was part of their series for 16 Days of Activism against gender-based violence. Gender-based violence affects all ages and social

Blamed for being abused: an uncomfortable history of child sexual exploitation Class and race have long played a role in the way victims of abuse are treated. via shutterstock.com Pamela Cox, University of Essex In the northern English town

Why ‘upskirting’ needs to be made a sex crime Gina Martin is fighting to change the law on upskirting. @beaniegigi/Instagram Clare McGlynn, Durham University and Erika Rackley, University of Birmingham It started with one woman, Gina Martin, being prepared to

Stephanie Ejegi-Memeh, a PhD student at University of Sheffield considers the sexual health and wellbeing of older women with Type 2 diabetes In May 2016, Diabetes UK added “the right to talk about any sexual problems” to their list of

It’s not just young people who have sex; we know from studies that older adults have sex too. But do we know enough about how they understand risks? We spoke to older adults to ask them about their understandings and

This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. Cicely Marston, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine There were media reports this week that viewing “soft core” pornographic images causes harm to young people. But